And I don’t want to. I just spent the last two days ripping out all the sheetrock and nasty, spent insulation from my office. What a mess. It was a disastastrophe. I did all the work myself on Day 1 and Mr. NexStitch helped me on Day 2. I think we amassed about 45 bags [...]
Archive for June, 2011
June 28 2011
“Moving on Up (To The Big Leagues…)”
I can’t resist a tasty reference to a tv show theme song from my childhood. I can’t help it. As I’ve stated in previously, my brain is wired like this: I say, think, or hear a word, and my brain tries to find a reference to something else (usually music or from tv) that matches [...]
June 22 2011
So Many W.I.P.S., So Much Time
I waited forever to have two months off so I can focus on crochet and now that the time has come, I’m dazed and confused as to what to attempt first. Start something new or tackle to huge pile of WIPS I have hanging around Chez NexStitch. I’m currently staring down at this shawl that [...]
June 20 2011
Aesthetics. They Matter Greatly.
With the impending office/craft room remodel coming up, I can’t help take into consideration the last remodeled portion of my home which was my bedroom. The same aesthetic value I was going for there, I intend to shoot for here. I wanted a serene room with a calming color palette that reminded me of the [...]
June 12 2011
Craft Room Remodeling (What Makes a Great Craft Room?)
Very recently, Mr. NexStitch and I finished a bedroom remodel that spanned several months (we got hung up on a stain color for the trim and doors). It was an uphill battle, but being the first room in our home to be remodeled - other than my husband’s basement recording studio – it provided the “blueprint” [...]
June 11 2011
Lick-a-polooze (The Reign of the Cone of Shame is No More)!
Kitty Kats got her freedom on Wednesday afternoon when we visited the vet, who gave her the thumb’s up on her surgery recovery and thus removed the Cone of Shame. And while it seemed very unmomentous while in the vet’s office, the moment Roxie was released from her pet carrier into the living room, she [...]
June 5 2011
Day Five (Ready to Shred the Cone of Shame)
We’re already planning the party. You know, the one when we take the Cone of Shame off of Kitty Kat’s head and burn it. Melodramatic much? There are moments when I think I’m OK seeing her cart around a plastic cone on her head – times where I even giggle at her licking it or [...]
June 5 2011
98 Booklets of Crochet Square Blocks on the Wall, 98 Booklets of Squares…
I can’t help myself. I think I can turn any idea into a new song by exploiting the lyrics. It’s a bad habit. It even extends to bizarre tv references (Can you spare a square?) It’s like my brain calls up every reference of the word it can think of …but I digress… 98 booklets [...]
June 4 2011
Day 4 of the Cone of Shame (I Still Haz a Sad)
Day Four. Four down (well, sorta), three to go. You have to know that I’m counting each day as a victory, crossing it off like school kids until the last day of the school year. Roxie is learning to adapt with her cone. She can get to the food in her little food bowl now [...]
June 2 2011
Kitty and the Cone of Shame (I Haz a Sad)
This poor kitty has been through it all. When we adopted her from a neighbor in foreclosure, she had chewed her whole backside right above the base of her tail (And yes, we’ve done every test, tried every food, had X-rays, tried steroid shots, you name it. We’re using a topical liquid that helps a [...]
